What if you want to walk up, but don’t think you can cope with walking the lot? You can catch the train up to Clogwyn Station and walk to the summit from there and cut out the majority of the hard climb. The main drawback is that you still need to work out how to […]
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This is a straightforward circuit that you can do at almost any time of the year. Starting from Capel Curig, the route travels over moorland, into two beautiful valleys containing lakes, and finally some forestry (there’s got to be a down side!. Its highest point is only about 340m, and the distance about 15km. The
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The sixth and final section of the Jack Mytton Way from Clun to Llanfair Waterdine takes you right to the the Welsh border and along Offa’s Dyke. The route reaches over 400m on Llanfair Hill, the highest point on the trail, so you’ll need to be ready for a fair bit of Ascent! The Jack
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The fifth section of the Jack Mytton Way from Plowden to Clun takes you over some wonderful terrain and past Bury Diches, an elaborate Iron Age hill fort that was obscured by plantasions until the trees fell in a storm a few decades ago to reveal the fort. The Jack Mytton Way is a series
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The third section of the Jack Mytton Way from Much Wenlock to Roman Bank if you’re doing the linear route from Cleobury Mortimer to Llanfair Waterine. If you want to do the circular route, then you need to do stage 7 and 8 (links) to return to the start. The route follows Wenlock Edge, amd
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Day 8, the final leg of the Shropshire way takes us back to Bridges, where we started the walk, over Long Mynd. Church Stretton is a historical town, with remains from Iron Age through Roman and Norman around the town. It was also a popular destination with well to do Victorians who travelled there on
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This walk is a Simple out and back from a backroad between Waunfawr and Rhosgadfan up one of the outlying peaks. You cross the heathery moorland of the Gwyrfai Common and you can appreciate why the locals on one side of the mountains call this Mynydd Grug – Heather Mountain. From this walk, unlike from Rhyd
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Along the Offa’s Dyke Path, another jaunt in the Clwydian hills that can be coupled with either this or this walk in order to make it a more challenging day. Can also be extended with some of the other Clwydian Routes. Difficulties: Activity Type: Walks —-Moderate Walk Submitted by: daveroberts The Route You can download an excellent
Moel Famau is the highest point on the Clwydian Range and can be reached with this reasonably easy hill walk in a few hours. Can also be extended with some of the other Clwydian Routes. The Route You can download an excellent leaflet and map at the link below for full details of this walk. More Information
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The Llangollen Canal Walk takes you from the town of Llangollen to the Pontcysyllte Aqeueduct (rather than a viaduct, as it conveys water) and back. The route starts by visiting the romantic ruins of Castell Dinas Bran before taking the Llangollen Panorama Walk and the Offa’s Dyke National Trail to Trefor and the world famous
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The Llangollen History Trail takes in the Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey and Castell Dinas Bran along the way. The Clwydian Hills are probably one of the best kept secrets in North Wales. There are many walking routes in the area, this is one from the official Clwydian AONB site. The Route The walk start
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A longer route that explores the quarries above Llanberis and Dinorwig. You can extend it into Brynrefail with the Fachwen Trail. The Route This starts off by exploring the Vivian Quarry in the Padarn Country park before climbing up into the former quarrying communities of Deiniolen and Clwt y Bont. As you return via Dinorwig,
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Day 2 of the Pembrokeshire Coastal path takes you from Tenby to Freshwater East. Make sure you’re up to date with the firing times at the firing range, or you might find this walk more exciting than expected. Route Start Dinbych y Pysgod OS Map Required OS Explorer 36 Public Transport Bus Services Route End
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Day one of the Pembrokeshire Coastal path from Amroth to Tenby. Walking the first section of this path over a couple of days was a right mixed bag. Starting in Amroth at the southern end of the National Trail, I felt optimistic. You are on the sea shore, and despite the road it feels good. You
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There’s always something special when you manage to fit a decent walk in on a weekeday. It’s almost like stolen time as we aren’t meant to do fun things on a weekday. It’s all work, work, work. So you have to work around that, and make the most of things. Well, I live so close to the hills
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This is a nice, quiet walk. So close to Snowdon, you can almost hear the crowds. Indeed, you can’t fail to miss them in Rhyd Ddu where they tend to gather to climb the highest peak in Wales and England. Fortunately for us, they don’t know any better and will leave today’s destination well alone.
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This is a pleasant run or cycle from Caernarfon to Waunfawr and back again.. It’s mainly on country lanes, but there’s one stretch over the flanks of Moel Smytho that takes you over a pleasant green lane that’s almost easy enough for a hybrid. Back through Waunfawr, where you may well stop off at the
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